Mythic Mind

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Philosophy means love of wisdom, not a pile of disconnected theories. This Mythic Mind course intro maps a brief history of ideas from Athens toward the present: how thought shapes habit, appetite, and the kind of people we become.

Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) opens the six-week path: why mainstream academic fashion is a poor guide, what it means to recover discarded questions, and how Plato's eros for wisdom still orders a serious study of the West's intellectual story.

Topics include philosophy as formation, reading primary texts over summaries, and why a history of ideas is also a training of love.

Related:
• The Abolition of Man, Part 1: Men Without Chests (Mythic Mind, ep. 111): https://youtu.be/voOEKAzHrk0
• Myth Became Fact: The Incarnation as True Myth (Mythic Mind, ep. 116): https://youtu.be/gNI3hTdgXB8
• Augustine's Confessions (standalone lecture): https://youtu.be/J43_FEG9Q1k
• Intro to Philosophy: Plato's Allegory of the Cave: https://youtu.be/0UkkOFR71Jo

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- Mythic Mind
- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows

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Josh Traylor opens Paradise Lost as England's great Christian epic: cosmic war, the Fall, freedom and glory, and Adam learning hope after Eden. Milton meant to write an Arthurian poem and wrote this instead; the stakes are the same.

Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) introduces Josh's Mythic Mind course kickoff so the fellowship can enter Milton with a guide who loves Lewis, Tolkien, and the older mythic stock behind them.

Topics include Satan's rhetoric, Adam and Eve's vocation after exile, chivalric virtue in a fallen world, and why Paradise Lost still belongs beside the books Mythic Mind already loves.

Take Josh's Paradise Lost course with a Mythic Mind Fellowship membership: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/membership

Related:
• Introductory Latin with Hannah Gilmore: Why the Dead Language Lives (Mythic Mind, ep. 91): https://youtu.be/xM3yZ6ZYoMI
• The Future of Mythic Mind: Building the Fellowship's Next Chapter (Mythic Mind, ep. 77): https://youtu.be/C46d-og5SGo
• Myth Became Fact: The Incarnation as True Myth (Mythic Mind, ep. 116): https://youtu.be/gNI3hTdgXB8
• A Brief History of Ideas: Mapping the Philosophical Story (Mythic Mind, ep. 90): https://youtu.be/7jbEqj1lz8s

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- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows

#MythicMind #ParadiseLost #Milton #JoshTraylor #Epic #Theology #Philosophy

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How do you keep your feet on the real while a culture prefers the shadow? Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) talks with Spencer Askew about C.S. Lewis, Star Wars, Tolkien, and storytelling after the center has gone soft.

This Mythic Mind conversation follows The Abolition of Man's worry about the real versus the artificial into myth and cinema: why Lewis and Tolkien still retrain desire, where postmodern story loses moral gravity, and what it means to take story back as formation rather than mere content.

Topics include myth versus disposable entertainment, Star Wars as a cultural mirror, and reading Beowulf (and Lewis) against moral equivalence.

Find Spencer on X @spencer_askew and on Substack: https://spencerryanaskew.subst...

Related:
• The Abolition of Man, Part 1: Men Without Chests (Mythic Mind, ep. 111): https://youtu.be/voOEKAzHrk0
• Myth Became Fact: The Incarnation as True Myth (Mythic Mind, ep. 116): https://youtu.be/gNI3hTdgXB8
• The Art of Video Games: Craft Worth Taking Seriously (Mythic Mind, ep. 78): https://youtu.be/znENVLKB3e8
• Tolkien, Sub-Creation, and the Case for Video Games (Mythic Mind, ep. 80): https://youtu.be/N3dsEIdSAcc

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- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows

#MythicMind #CSLewis #StarWars #Postmodernism #Storytelling #SpencerAskew #Theology #Philosophy

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A Mythic Mind Fellowship livestream kicking off the Star Wars journey: myth and fandom, the original films, Knights of the Old Republic ahead, and why these stories still hold us.

Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) hosts a free-form conversation with the fellowship as they open the saga together. This episode is the live kickoff later clipped with intro and outro for the podcast feed.

Topics include Star Wars as modern myth, communal watching and reading, and the path into films, games, and further fellowship talks.

Related:
• Star Wars: A New Hope as Myth and Modern Fairy Tale (Mythic Mind, ep. 95): https://youtu.be/UdFP6tkKLz0
• Lewis, Star Wars, and Postmodern Storytelling (feat. Spencer Askew) (Mythic Mind, ep. 88): https://youtu.be/y4sx8THf1t4
• Knights of the Old Republic: Choice, Jolee, and the Light (Mythic Mind, ep. 93): https://youtu.be/KfutgcIdL5M
• Mythic Mind Movies (channel series)

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- Mythic Mind
- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows

Ian's podcast, Reader Two, Standing By: https://open.spotify.com/show/...

#MythicMind #StarWars #Livestream #Myth #Force #Fellowship #Theology #Philosophy

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Augustine opens the Confessions with a restless heart and a child's theft of pears: desire, memory, and the first turns of a soul toward (and away from) God. This Mythic Mind episode is the fellowship's free book-club conversation on Book 1.

Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) hosts the first meeting of the Confessions study: childhood, education, the hunger for praise, sexual restlessness on the horizon, and why Augustine insists our hearts are restless until they rest in God.

Topics include reading Confessions as prayer and philosophy, the pear tree as disordered love, and how to join the ongoing book club (free membership welcome).

Related:
• Augustine's Confessions, Pt. 2 (Mythic Mind, ep. 92): https://youtu.be/8IQY5S9JiTM
• Augustine's Confessions, Books 5–6 (Mythic Mind, ep. 98): https://youtu.be/iAWQCqZGh4I
• Augustine's Confessions, Books 7–8 (Mythic Mind, ep. 102): https://youtu.be/hCK8UYp665A
• A Brief History of Ideas: Mapping the Philosophical Story (Mythic Mind, ep. 90): https://youtu.be/7jbEqj1lz8s

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- Mythic Mind
- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows

#MythicMind #Augustine #Confessions #RestlessHeart #Theology #Philosophy #BookClub

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In this episode, I am joined by Hannah Gilmore, Josh Traylor, and Judah Bruse to discuss their upcoming courses.

Enroll in my courses, plus Introductory Latin with Hannah Gilmore and Paradise Lost with Josh Traylor, with a Mythic Mind Fellowship membership, which also gets you a 50% discount on courses from other Fellowship creators: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/membership

Judah is still putting his platform together, so stay tuned for updates!

Watch the video of this conversation and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewnsnyder

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Join Andrew Snyder and members of the Mythic Mind Fellowship as we work our way through the Poetic Edda. In this conversation, we discuss:

- The Whetting of Gudrun
- The Lay of Hamdir
- Baldr's Dreams
- The List of Rig
- The Song of Hyndla
- The Song of Grotti
- Groa's Chant
- The Sayings of Fiolsvinn
- The Waking of Angantyr
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Coming to you from August of 2024, Thomas Salerno, Elisabeth Dawson, and I (Andrew Snyder) discuss Tolkien, "On Fairy-Stories" and related topics regarding the arts, philosophy, and more. I also provide some updates on what is happening with Mythic Mind, including a new course and a new series.

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Thomas Salerno: https://thomasjsalerno.substack.com/

Elisabeth Dawson:https://ebdawson.com/

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The BBC's audio drama of That Hideous Strength looked like a gift to Lewis readers. Listening closely, the production often leaves behind the fairy tale Lewis said he was telling, including the academic "progressive element" that gives Belbury its bite.

In this Mythic Mind episode, Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) walks his review of the adaptation: what it gets, what it flattens in Mark and Jane Studdock, NICE, and Ransom the Pendragon, and why the novel still needs the earlier Ransom books beside it.

Topics include adaptation fidelity, modern power dressed as progress, and why a hollow audio drama can still send you back to the book.

Article:
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Related:
• A Review of the BBC's That Hideous Strength (Mythic Mind, ep. 186): https://youtu.be/DX3JxXTG7LI
• Mythic Mind 106 - Introduction to That Hideous Strength: https://youtu.be/rTO6qBf0WNs
• Mythic Mind 107 - That Hideous Strength, Pt. 1: https://youtu.be/6nouFFhsDKs
• Mythic Mind 109 - That Hideous Strength, Chs. 12-17: https://youtu.be/PrNMmmozb2U

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- Mythic Mind Games
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#MythicMind #CSLewis #ThatHideousStrength #BBC #Adaptation #Theology #Philosophy #RansomTrilogy

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Join Andrew Snyder and members of the Mythic Mind Fellowship as we work our way through the Poetic Edda. In this conversation, we discuss A Short Poem about Sigurd, Brynhild's Ride to Hell, The Death of Niflungs, The Third Poem of Gurdun, Oddrun's Lament, The Poem of Atli, and the Greenlandic Lay of Atli

Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship to enroll in Hannah's Latin course: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/membership

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